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Our top tips to help with your bottom line.
The milk in your cereal. The cheese in your sandwich. The pasta in your spaghetti bolognese. Everything costs a lot more than it used to. Hopefully this page will help you save a few pennies.
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Our Guide to affordable
Retail Therapy!
Retail Therapy!
Save money by:
Resell your old furniture back to Ikea through their buy-back scheme. Simply use the estimator tool on their website. Take your furniture to one of their stores and they will confirm the price and give you a refund card to spend in store!
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If you go to the High street, there are retailers that recycle your used cosmetic containers and also offer a small discount on future purchases!
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Textiles & Soft Furnishings – many stores selling textiles and home furnishings now offer recycle schemes and you can drop off your un-wanted items.
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Many high street stores offer recycle clothing recycle schemes, some even offer incentives.
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Shops that now sell more than 32kg (345 * four pack of batteries) of batteries a year have to provide battery recycling collection facilities this means they are in lots more places including supermarkets.
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3 showers = 1 bath!
Did you H2O know this?
You can’t beat a good soak in the bath. Especially to help you relax. Although, it might stress you out knowing it costs more than if you hopped in the shower.
You don’t have to knock baths totally on the head, just stand under the showerhead more often.
Parents Top Tip!
To encourage your kids to shower instead of taking baths, ask them to give one of their favourite dolls or action figures a shower for you.
Money saving boiler challenge
What is it?
In October 2022, Nesta launched the Money Saving Boiler Challenge. This campaign aims to help over one million households change their combi boiler settings to save energy this winter.
The campaign helps households save money by lowering the flow temperature on their condensing combi boilers to 60°C. Our evidence suggests that households could save about 9% on their total gas bill by doing this, assuming their flow temperature is currently set at 80°C.
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Source: https://www.nesta.org.uk/project-updates/money-saving-boiler-challenge-campaign/
Wash your clothes at 30°
You could cut your washing machine’s energy usage by washing at 30° compared to higher temperatures.
Ease up on your car’s throttle.
Make your fuel last longer with smoother acceleration and keeping the revs lower.
Ever tried an electric blanket?
They cost between 3p and 8p an hour to run, which could be cheaper than heating the whole of your bedroom.
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Board games
A cheaper way to stop the kids from getting bored.
It’s hard to imagine kids playing with something that hasn’t got a microchip in it. But, even if it’s just once a week, you could arrange a board game night.
Dust off your snakes and ladders. Dig out Monopoly. Search for Scrabble. We can’t guarantee no tantrums, but it could save you a few pounds on your electricity bill.
Have you got any other low-cost ways to keep the kids entertained? We’d love to hear them.
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